Overview

• Elle Fanning will portray a young Effie Trinket, previously played by Elizabeth Banks, in the prequel set 24 years before the original Hunger Games series.
• The story focuses on Haymitch Abernathy, played by Joseph Zada, as he navigates the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.
• Francis Lawrence returns to direct from a screenplay by Billy Ray, with Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson producing for Color Force.
• The ensemble cast includes Ralph Fiennes as President Snow, Whitney Peak as Lenore Dove Baird, and Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner, among others.
• The film, based on Suzanne Collins' bestseller 'Sunrise on the Reaping,' is set for a global release on November 20, 2026.